crainn

Irish

Alternative forms
  • crainnte (dialectal nominative/dative plural)
  • croinn (obsolete)
  • croinnte (Cois Fharraige nominative/dative plural)

Pronunciation
  • (Waterford) IPA(key): [kɾˠaiɲ]
  • (Cork, Kerry) IPA(key): [kɾˠiːnʲ]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): [kɾˠiːn̠ʲ]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): [kɾˠɪn̠ʲ]

Noun

crainn m

  1. genitive singular of crann
  2. nominative plural of crann
  3. dative plural of crann

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crainn chrainn gcrainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

crainn f

  1. the queen of the hive[1][2]
  2. ugly old woman[1][2]
  3. See cràin (female of any animal)[1][2]
See also

Etymology 2

Inflected form of crann.

Noun

crainn m

  1. genitive singular of crann
  2. plural of crann

References
  1. bee in Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 9 May 2015.
  2. Bauer, Mìchael. bee in "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 9 May 2015.
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